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Nutrition has been an increasing concern in Pakistan for almost half a decade. The release of the 2011 National Nutrition Survey showed no improvement in nutrition indicators in decades, and highlighted alarming rates of undernutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies. These results alongside a strong international push to re-focus on nutrition have succeeded in placing nutrition higher on the policy agenda within Pakistan. Pakistan has recently adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...

It is now realised that malnutrition has to be addressed on a life cycle approach. Children below 1000 days in age require special attention, since malnutrition at this young age leads to several defects including impaired cognitive ability. Similarly, the three components of malnutrition, namely, under-nutrition, protein hunger and hidden hunger caused by the deficiency of micro-nutrients in the diet will have to be remedied taking into account the age and activity of the individual...

LANSA supported a session titled, ‘Pulses for addressing malnutrition’ at the Consultation on enhancing the productivity and profitability of pulses for addressing food and nutrition security organised to mark the International Year of Pulses. The event was held at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai, India, on August 8, 2016. I had the privilege of chairing this session with R V Bhavani, Programme Manager of LANSA as the Convenor.The session had several...

A few weeks ago I participated on behalf of the LANSA consortium in an online discussion about innovation capacity for food security and nutrition. This discussion was organised and moderated by the Tropical Agriculture Platform, an initiative that aims to facilitate capacity development for innovation in tropical agriculture. The conversation attracted lots of great contributions from a diverse mix of participants, leading to a stimulating exchange of experiences,...